Read these stanzas from Edna St. Vincent Millay's poems.
"Ebb"
"Song of a Second April"
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge
The larger streams run still and deep,
Noisy and swift the small brooks run
Among the mullein stalks the sheep
Go up the hillside in the sun,
Pensively,—only you are gone,
You that alone I cared to keep
How are the messages of these two poems similar?
N
Both poems suggest that nature heals all wounds.
Both poems indicate that lost love causes loneliness.
Both poems indicate that people must spend time alone.
O Both poems suggest that mourning should take place out